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11 Hurry, all you nations!
    Come quickly.
Ask the Lord to bring
    his warriors along.[a]
12 You must come now
    to Judgment Valley,[b]
where the Lord will judge
    the surrounding nations.

13 (A) They are a field of ripe crops.
    Bring in the harvest!
They are grapes piled high.
    Start trampling them now![c]
If our enemy's sins were wine,
    every jar would overflow.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.11 Ask … along: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 3.12 Judgment Valley: See the note at 3.2.
  3. 3.13 grapes … now: People trampled grapes with their bare feet to squeeze out the juice.

11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble(A) there.

Bring down your warriors,(B) Lord!

12 “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(C)
for there I will sit
    to judge(D) all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle,(E)
    for the harvest(F) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(G)
    for the winepress(H) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

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